Facial recognition bill falls flat in California legislature
A state Assembly committee stopped a bill allowing companies and government agencies to use the controversial surveillance technology without consent. […]
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Zoom to exclude free calls from end-to-end encryption to allow FBI cooperation
Zoom, the popular video conferencing platform, has announced it will provide end-to-end encryption after facing a litany of privacy and […]
Assembly leader says state legislature will repeal police privacy law
For almost half a century, Section 50-A of a New York state law sealed personnel information about police officers, firefighters […]
Privacy browser Brave under fire for violating users’ trust
The Chromium-based browser, Brave has been profiting from redirect links to affiliate crypto companies. Unlike the “opt-in” principle by which […]
Twitter and Reddit challenges requirement for US visa applicants to declare their online handles
Twitter, Reddit, and the Internet Association filed a legal brief in support of a challenge to the US State Department’s […]
Warrant needed to search locked phones, US court rules
Thanks to the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution and all the case law built upon it, police generally need […]
Critical Vulnerability Could Have Allowed Hackers to Disrupt Traffic Lights
A critical vulnerability affecting traffic light controllers made by SWARCO could have been exploited by hackers to disrupt a city’s […]
UK contracts grant Amazon, Microsoft, Google and AI firms access to COVID-19 health data
UK government has published the contracts it holds with private tech firms and the NHS for the creation of a […]
WhatsApp Phone Numbers Pop Up in Google Search Results — But is it a Bug?
A researcher found that phone numbers tied to WhatsApp accounts are indexed publicly on Google Search creating what he claims […]
Google faces $5 billion lawsuit in U.S. for tracking ‘private’ internet use
Google was sued on Tuesday in a proposed class action accusing the internet search company of illegally invading the privacy […]
California AG posts final proposed CCPA Regulations
The California Attorney General has posted the final proposed CCPA Regulations, which were submitted to the California Office of Administrative […]
GDPR complaint lodged with UK data watchdog over coronavirus Test and Trace programme
Open Rights Group has instructed lawyers to lodge a complaint with the UK’s data watchdog over the rollout of the […]